2020 in the sport of athletics
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In 2020, the foremost competitions in the sport of athletics were the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships held in Nanjing, China and the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. All three were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemicm with the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships being the only event still held in 2020.
Major championships
World
Regional
World and continental athletics events
- February 15: 2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in File:Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul
- 60 m winners: File:Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Zikos (m) / File:Flag of Israel.svg Diana Vaisman (f)
- 400 m winners: File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ivan Budzynskyi (m) / File:Flag of Romania.svg Andrea Miklós (f)
- 800 m winners: File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Yevhen Hutsol (m) / File:Flag of Romania.svg Cristina Daniela Bălan (f)
- 1500 m winners: File:Flag of Serbia.svg Elzan Bibić (m) / File:Flag of Romania.svg Roxana Bârcă (f)
- 3000 m winners: File:Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Vojta (m) / File:Flag of Albania.svg Luiza Gega (f)
- 60 m Hurdles winners: File:Flag of Turkey.svg Mikdat Sevler (m) / File:Flag of Croatia.svg Ivana Lončarek (f)
- Long Jump winners: File:Flag of Albania.svg Izmir Smajlaj (m) / File:Flag of Romania.svg Florentina Iusco (f)
- Triple Jump winners: File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Nazim Babayev (m) / File:Flag of Romania.svg Elena Panțuroiu (f)
- High Jump winners: File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dmytro Nikitin (m) / File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliya Chumachenko (f)
- Pole Vault winners: File:Flag of Turkey.svg Ersu Şaşma (m) / File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Iana Gladiichuk (f)
- Shot Put winners: File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mesud Pezer (m) / File:Flag of Moldova.svg Dimitriana Surdu (f)
- 4 × 400 m winners: File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia (m) / File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (f)
- March 7: 2020 World University Cross Country Championships in File:Flag of Morocco.svg Marrakesh
- March 29: 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in File:Flag of Poland.svg Gdynia[1]
- May 2 & 3: 2020 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in File:Flag of Belarus.svg Minsk[2]
- July 7–12: 2020 World Athletics U20 Championships in File:Flag of Kenya.svg Nairobi[3]
- July 16–19: 2020 European Athletics U18 Championships in File:Flag of Italy.svg Rieti[4]
- August 26–30: 2020 European Athletics Championships in File:Flag of France.svg Paris[5]
- December 13: 2020 European Cross Country Championships in File:Flag of Ireland.svg Dublin
Annual competitions
- Diamond League
- Continental Tour
- IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
- World Marathon Majors
- Tokyo Marathon[6]
- Boston Marathon (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)[7]
- London Marathon[8]
- Berlin Marathon (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)[9]
- Chicago Marathon (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)[10]
- New York City Marathon (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)[11]
- IAAF Road Race Label Events
Season's bests
Outdoor season's top ten performers
All information on the season's top ten performers in outdoor events is published by World Athletics.[12]
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Competitions winners
2019–2020 EA Cross Country Permit Meetings
- September 28, 2019: TCS Lidingöloppet in File:Flag of Sweden.svg Lidingö (CC #1)
- Winners: File:Flag of Sweden.svg Robel Fsiha (m) / File:Flag of Kenya.svg Sylvia Medugu (f)
- November 24, 2019: Cross de l'Acier in File:Flag of France.svg Leffrinckoucke (CC #2)
- Winners: File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Berihu Aregawi (m) / File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Aberash Belay (f)
- November 24, 2019: International Warandecross Tilburg in File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (CC #3)
- Winners: File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mike Foppen (m) / File:Flag of Germany.svg Anna Emilie Møller (f)
- December 1, 2019: Cross Internacional de la Constitución in File:Flag of Spain.svg Aranda de Duero (CC #4)
- Winners: File:Flag of Burundi.svg Thierry Ndikumwenayo (m) / File:Flag of Spain.svg Marta Pérez (f)
References
- ↑ World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Page
- ↑ World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Page
- ↑ World Athletics U20 Championships Page
- ↑ EA's European Athletics U18 Championships Page
- ↑ 2020 European Athletics Championships Website
- ↑ "Tokyo Marathon Website".
- ↑ "Boston Marathon Website".
- ↑ "London Marathon Website". Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ↑ "Berlin Marathon Website".
- ↑ "Chicago Marathon Website".
- ↑ "New York City Marathon Website".
- ↑ Toplists 2020. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
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